In an interview granted to the Point the founder of the movement "In march" and candidate for the presidential election of 2017 affirmed that the French colonization in Algeria had created a state, and a middle class. Macron sees colonization as "barbarisms and elements of civilization." "Yes, in Algeria, there has been torture, but also the emergence of a state, of wealth, of the middle classes. Reality of colonization. There were elements of civilization and elements of barbarism. "
Algerian archives and wooden artworks often served as a burning fire for military campfires. The methods used by the French army were generally brutal, as testified by Lieutenant-Colonel Lucien-François de Montagnac, an officer during the conquest of Algeria (Letters of a Soldier, March 15, 1843):
